Theater on strings
by Marli Guzzetta
      The Fairy Circus is a vaudeville variety marionette show, in which a girl can change to a flower, and reality is for a brief while suspended in favor of magic.
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not even his wife knew his secret ~
Rich Maloney's anonymous editorial cartoons sparked controversy at his own dinner table
BY MARLI GUZZETTA
      In the early 1970s, controversial editorial cartoons satirizing the Beinecke plan for Nantucket redevelopment began appearing in the Inquirer and Mirror under the byline "Atropos." No other information was given about the artist. At the time, no one - not even the artist's wife - knew who penne...
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Identify This
Georgen Gilliam Charnes
      The Nantucket Historical Association houses the most complete visual record of Nantucket history in existence. The image here is from our collections, and may be one we cannot identify, wish for more information about or just want to see if people can identify. Many more images are available for vi...
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NANTUCKET SPELLING BEE IS N-O-W
BY MARLI GUZZETTA
      My boss asked me to be on The Nantucket Independent's team for the Spelling Bee. I said 'yes,' because I didn't want to wuss out, but I knew, at that point, that people would see how reliant I am on my spell check function. I am a spelling hack. You didn't see it just now, but I misspelled the ...
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Sandy Walsh named new PI:N manager
BY MARLI GUZZETTA
      While being questioned (by this reporter) about her administrative ability, Sandy Walsh picked up from my bookshelf a highly scientific tome on love by astrological signs.
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for the ARTS record
      Get your kids' funny bone in shape Children with a well-used and savvy sense of humor are joys forever, aren't they? Mark Carapezza's improv and commercials classes for young Nantucketers can help your little comics exercise their funny bones and get so accustomed to performing that every flat, low...
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Media you can Trust
The merchants make the picks
      BOOKS Mitchell's Book Corner 54 Main Street 228-1080 "Travels in the Scriptorium: A Novel" by Paul Auster Author of the screenplay for "Smoke" and "Blue in the Face," Auster is known for his metaphysical investigations of life, and "Travels in the Scriptorium" is vintage Auster. The book ill...
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WE LIKE IT WE LOVE IT
      I'm going to take it as a compliment that our advertising representative, Hadley St. John, suggested that I might really like a Website called www.ThinkGeek.com. The site, whose motto is "stuff for smart masses," peddles techno-fabulous toys and un-necessities, like a faucet head with a blue LED ...
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Top Boston brass ensemble performs Sunday
BY MARLI GUZZETTA
      If you were to hear no other brass quartet piece in your lifetime, the Ewald Symphony might be the one to choose, and the New England Brass - whose members fill principal seats in top area orchestras and ensembles, including the Boston Pops and the Boston Ballet - is a capable guide.
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DISH
with Maribeth Maloney
      Pork-rinds and tacos and beers - Oh my! Porkrinds and tacos and beers - Oh my! Oh no. It's upon us again: Super Bowl Sunday. To me, it's as strange a spectacle as Oz, without the flying monkeys. Actually, we'll have to wait and see the half-time show - Prince with flying monkeys? That could wor...
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Pet Tracks
Jan Jaeger
      WINTER DEEP FREEZE I say Brrrr! Mother Nature has really been strutting her stuff this week. Now well into the new year, temperatures dipping into the lowest of the winter has everyone scrambling to keep warm. With these extremely cold temperatures, the challenge is to keep ourselves, our loved ...
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